When the Basin Plan came into effect in 2012, it placed limits on how much water could be extracted from groundwater resources across the basin to ensure the continued sustainability of this water resource.

Salinity is a natural feature of the basin. It refers to the concentration of dissolved salts in water or soil and comes from ancient ocean sediments, the weathering of rocks and rainfall over millions of years.

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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) proposes several changes to how groundwater is managed under the Basin Plan. A socio-economic analysis was undertaken to assess any potential socio-economic impacts from the proposed changes to groundwater SDLs...